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Attention and the control of posture and gait: a review of an emerging area of research
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New clinical assessment methods incorporating dual-task paradigms are helpful in revealing the effect of disease on the ability to allocate attention to postural tasks and appear to be sensitive measures in both predicting fall risk and in documenting recovery of stability.About:
This article is published in Gait & Posture.The article was published on 2002-08-01. It has received 2331 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Poison control & Balance (ability).read more
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Visual tasks and postural sway in children with and without autism spectrum disorders
TL;DR: Both TD and ASD children were able to functionally modulate postural sway to facilitate the performance of a task that required higher perceptual effort.
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The influence of age on learning a locomotor task
H. J. A. van Hedel,Volker Dietz +1 more
TL;DR: Elderly subjects rely more on visual control when acquiring and performing a precision locomotor task than young subjects, which is suggested to be due to an impaired function of proprioceptive feedback mechanisms, which can replace visual information in young subjects.
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The Virtual Shop: A new immersive virtual reality environment and scenario for the assessment of everyday memory.
Émilie Ouellet,Émilie Ouellet,Benjamin Boller,Benjamin Boller,Nick Corriveau-Lecavalier,Nick Corriveau-Lecavalier,Simon Cloutier,Simon Cloutier,Sylvie Belleville,Sylvie Belleville +9 more
TL;DR: Results support the feasibility and both the ecological and construct validity of the Virtual Shop, a fully immersive task developed to assess memory in a more ecological way than traditional neuropsychological assessments.
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Interaction between the development of postural control and the executive function of attention.
TL;DR: Comparative changes in the center of pressure in dual- and single-task conditions indicated that dual tasks interfered with postural performance in the wide stance (WS) and the modified Romberg stance (RS).
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Higher visual dependency increases balance control perturbation during cognitive task fulfilment in elderly people.
TL;DR: The results showed a correlation between the degree of visual dependency and postural perturbation and the effect of carrying out cognitive tasks on balance control in 40 healthy older adults.
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The Timed “Up & Go”: A Test of Basic Functional Mobility for Frail Elderly Persons
TL;DR: This study evaluated a modified, timed version of the “Get‐Up and Go” Test (Mathias et al, 1986) in 60 patients referred to a Geriatric Day Hospital and suggested that the timed “Up & Go’ test is a reliable and valid test for quantifying functional mobility that may also be useful in following clinical change over time.
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Predicting the probability for falls in community-dwelling older adults using the Timed Up & Go Test.
TL;DR: The TUG is a sensitive and specific measure for identifying community-dwelling adults who are at risk for falls and the ability to predict falls is not enhanced by adding a secondary task when performing the TUG.
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Motor Control: Theory and Practical Applications
TL;DR: This text bridges the gap between research/theory and practice by focusing on the scientific and experimental basis of new motor control theories by specifically illustrating how recent findings and theories can be applied to clinical practice.
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"Stops walking when talking" as a predictor of falls in elderly people.
TL;DR: This investigation investigated the usefulness of the sign “stops walking when talking” in predicting falls and found that some frail elderly patients stop walking when they start a conversation with a walking companion, presumably because walking demands attention and they stop when they are expected to do two things at once.
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The Effects of Two Types of Cognitive Tasks on Postural Stability in Older Adults With and Without a History of Falls
TL;DR: Results suggest that when postural stability is impaired, even relatively simple cognitive tasks can further impact balance and suggest that the allocation of attention during the performance of concurrent tasks is complex.